diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b35660b..d1c1378 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const clap_dep = b.dependency("clap", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
     const clap = clap_dep.module("clap");
 
+    const opts = .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize };
+    const zbench_module = b.dependency("zbench", opts).module("zbench");
+
     var opt = b.addOptions();
     opt.addOption([]const u8, "version", "0.0.2");
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
     exe.root_module.addImport("build_info", opt.createModule());
     exe.root_module.addImport("clap", clap);
+    exe.root_module.addImport("zbench", zbench_module);
+
     b.installArtifact(exe);
     const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 3ba1ebb..3d34a20 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@
             .url = "https://github.com/Hejsil/zig-clap/archive/master/latest.tar.gz",
             .hash = "1220c900c70daf3e715fad6f266ec14b1d0f5e6c2d3f34b32142f60306cb9b5e5f05",
         },
+        .zbench = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/hendriknielaender/zbench/archive/0.13.0/latest.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220fe24b0832ac690c1999d321ee1a220e738db71bf46c7e3a8947139a384f8d51d",
+        },
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 9a92fda..cdeb5b1 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const clap = @import("clap");
-const build_info = @import("build_info");
+// const build_info = @import("build_info");
 const base64 = std.base64;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const io = std.io;
+const zbench = @import("zbench");
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     const params = comptime clap.parseParamsComptime(
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ fn usage() void {
 }
 
 fn version() void {
-    std.debug.print("b64 - {s}\n", .{build_info.version});
+    // std.debug.print("b64 - {s}\n", .{build_info.version});
+    std.debug.print("b64 - {s}\n", .{"0.3.0"});
 }
 
 fn read_from_stream(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, stream: std.fs.File) !std.ArrayList(u8) {
@@ -161,6 +163,20 @@ fn decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, b64string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
     return decodedString;
 }
 
+fn bench_decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
+    const base64String = "aGVqIGxrc2pkbGthanNkIGxha3NqZGxramFzZA==";
+
+    _ = try decode(allocator, base64String);
+}
+
+test "bench decode" {
+    var bench = try zbench.Benchmark.init(std.testing.allocator, .{});
+    defer bench.deinit();
+
+    try bench.add("bench decode", bench_decode, .{});
+    try bench.run(std.io.getStdout().Writer());
+}
+
 test "base64_decode() returns decoded string" {
     const test_allocator = std.testing.allocator;
     const base64String = "aGVqIGxrc2pkbGthanNkIGxha3NqZGxramFzZA==";
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecfeade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+export fn add(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+test "basic add functionality" {
+    try testing.expect(add(3, 7) == 10);
+}